The secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot, is a voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous. This...

British secret ballot using ballot papers and a ballot box was held in Pontefract on 15 August 1872, under the terms of the recently enacted Ballot Act 1872...

its members). The word ballot comes from Italian ballotta, meaning a "small ball used in voting" or a "secret vote taken by ballots" in Venice, Italy. In...

others, since the ballot is not cast in secret; collection of ballots by dishonest collectors who mark votes or fail to deliver ballots; and insiders changing...

Blackballing is a rejection in a traditional form of secret ballot, where a white ball or ballot constitutes a vote in support and a black ball signifies...

and local government elections in the United Kingdom to be held by secret ballot. The act abolished the traditional hustings system of nomination and...

An open ballot system is a voting method in which voters vote openly, in contrast to a secret ballot, where a voter's choices are confidential. The open...

a secret ballot at the line award in order to quell fears about retaliation. At the Somerset convention, the county chair denied a motion for secret ballot...

Postal voting is voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors (and typically returned) by post, in contrast to electors voting...

on the resolution, Russia called for the measure to be voted on by secret ballot, arguing that countries would have difficulties representing certain...